Monday, June 21, 2010

Lesson 2, Will There Soon Be One World Government?

There Soon Be One World Government? - Lesson 2

1. Why does God tell us His plans in advance?
John 14:29______________________________________________

2. Who is one prophet Jesus said we ought to understand?
Mark 13:14______________________________________________

Read Daniel 2:1-30. Than find answers to these questions.

3. Why was King Nebuchadnezzar troubled?
Daniel 2:3_______________________________________________

4. What did he ask the wise men to show him?
Daniel 2:6_______________________________________________

5. Who had given him this dream?
Daniel 2:28______________________________________________

6. What was the dream to reveal?
Daniel 2:29______________________________________________

Read verses 31 - 35. Than find answers to these questions.

7. What did Nebuchadnezzar see in this dream?
Daniel 2:31______________________________________________

8. Of what was the image made?
Daniel 2:32

His head:_______________________________________________
His breast and arms:_______________________________________
His belly and thighs:_______________________________________

Daniel 2:33
His legs:________________________________________________
His feet:________________________________________________

9. What did Daniel tell the king the image's head represented?
Daniel 2:36______________________________________________

10. What nation did Nebuchadnezzar represent?
Daniel 1:1_______________________________________________

11. According to the interpretation, what would arise after Nebuchadnezzar's golden kingdom?
Daniel 2:29______________________________________________

12. When Babylon did fall, what two nations, symbolized by the image's silver breast and arms shared world rulership?
Daniel 5:28______________________________________________

13. By what animal is Medo-Persia symbolized in Chapter 8?
Daniel 8:3,4, 20___________________________________________

14. What animal smote the ram?
Daniel 8:5-7______________________________________________

15. What nation does this goat represent which would conquer Medo-Persia?
Daniel 8:21_______________________________________________

16. Like the others,how extensively would this third kingdom rule?
Daniel 2:39_______________________________________________

17. When the first king of Greece fell, the kingdom would be divided into how many parts?
Daniel 8:8, 21, 22 ___________________________________________

The great horn between the goat's eyes represented Alexander the Great, who died at
a young age without arranging for a successor to rule the conquered kingdom. True to
prophecy, the territory was divided into four smaller kingdoms, and remained divided
until superseded by the next world empire.

18. What then came forth?
Daniel 8:9_________________________________________________

19. What kind of king represented by this little horn?
Daniel 8:23________________________________________________
After Greece, the fourth nation to rule the world was the Roman empire.

20. The ram was 'great' (v.4), the goat was 'very great' (v.8). How did the little horn compare with them?
Daniel 8:9_________________________________________________

21. From its point of origin, what directions did this kingdom spread?
Daniel 8:9_________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Rome, coming from the west, gained control of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine.

22. According to Nebuchadnezzar's dream, this fourth kingdom would be as strong as what metal?
Daniel 2:40________________________________________________

23. What would then happen to this kingdom?
Daniel 2:41________________________________________________
The Roman Empire, the last to rule the world, was absorbed by Germanic tribes
which divided up the territory and eventually became the modern nations of
Europe.

24. How does the prophecy describe the attemps of later kings to unite themselves?
Daniel 2:42, 43_____________________________________________

25. What prohetic statement has prevented modern kigns from uniting under one
world government?
Daniel 2:43________________________________________________
Time and again since the fall of Rome men have attempted to unite the world under
a single government. But the word of God has declared that it cannot be done,
and according to that degree all attempts have failed.

26. When will God set up His eternal kingdom?
Daniel 2:44_______________________________________________

27. What will God's kingdom do to the kingdoms of men?
Daniel 2:44________________________________________________

28. What represented God's kingdom in Nebuchadnezzar's dream?
Daniel 2:45________________________________________________

29. What did Daniel say about the certainty of the dream and its interpretation?
Daniel 2:45____________________________________________

"The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is God of gods,


The Imagery of Daniel 2

Head of Gold..............................Babylon (605-539 BC)
Breast & Arms of Silver ............Medo-Persia (539-311 BC)
Belly & Thighs of Brass.............Greece (311-168 BC)
Legs of Iron................................Rome (168 BC - AD 476)
Feet of Iron & Clay....................Modern Nations (Since AD 476)
Stone..........................................Kingdom of God

Chapter 8

Ram............................................Medo Persia
Goat............................................Greece
Four Horns.................................Greek Divisions
Little Horn.................................Rome

and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets." Daniel 2:47

In light of God's Word...

I understand that in Bible God has accurately fortold world events long before
they are to happen.

I desire to understand the prophecies God has given for our time.


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